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Sir Edward:

I believe there are several styles of tilting, but the most common one is crossing the lance over the horse as you said (held in the right arm, crossing over the left side of the horse), simply because it's regarded as being more safe. But I think some people also do it straight on the right side.

I'd love to take up some jousting, if only my time and finances would permit it. I know of a couple of different groups in the US that have jousting classes and the like, taking you from basic riding skills through full tilting. But it takes a certain amount of dedication, not just in time, but also equipment.

Some of the various RenFaires have jousting groups, some of which are full-contact jousts, and others that do the "lighter" stuff, like javelins, sword strikes on pells or watermelons, etc. It looks like great fun.

Sir Wolf:
always try ring jousting, thats HARD!

Sir Brian:
I chatted with Roy @ the GLRF last year about his training course...
http://freelancers.faire.net/training.html

Man I would love to do this...If I could only get away and had the $$$.

IIRC he said it was about $1400.00 a week for the training.  :o

Well maybe after I retire!  :P

Sir Edward:

Ah yes, the Free Lancers are the same folks who joust at the MD faire. Sir Barchan tried to recruit me a couple of seasons ago. :) Just to get a foot in the door for joining their jousting troupe requires potentially years of unpaid volunteer work as a squire, tending to the horses and equipment during the faire seasons.

But I'd be more interested, I think, to just learn how to do it, and do it for fun, than to do it on the renfaire circuit.

Sir Brian:
Same here.  ;)

I seriously doubt my middle-aged body would hold up very long under the rigors of jousting
as often as they do! - It's not so much the years as it is the mileage!  :D
Roy Cox is beyond a doubt a man of exceptional endurance and phenomenal physical condition
to still be doing it at his age...and he and his wife have a toddler to raise as well!
- They must simply border on the superhuman!  ;D

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